KEY POINTS:
Why is there absolutely no short-term parking at the Devonport ferry terminal so people can pick up and drop off passengers? The roadway outside the terminal is taken up by bus stops, and further away there is diagonal, 180-minute parking which is almost always full. Could the council not provide a two-minute or five-minute drop-off point?
Deborah Hill Cone, Devonport.
Good news may be at hand. Graeme Read, transport planning manager for North Shore City Council, says it is reviewing parking operations at Devonport in conjunction with the local community board. It will include consideration of short-term parking outside the ferry terminal.
Having recently purchased a business in Pitt St, I travel from South Auckland and leave the Southern Motorway at Nelson St. When I reach the intersection with Union St, I would like to make a right turn, but there are no directional road markings indicating this is possible. Do I need to continue down Nelson St and get to Pitt St via Cook and Hobson, or can I turn right at Union St? With the traffic light sequences there seems no reason why a right turn would be illegal.
Peter Bisset, South Auckland.
What does make it illegal is the sign saying "No right turn". In other words, the red arrow with a black line across it situated right beside the traffic lights. Also the traffic island in Union St would make a right turn slow and awkward, thus holding up following traffic. So Cook and Hobson it is.
I'm sure there used to be no right turn permissible from Oates Rd into Glendale Rd in Glen Eden. This no longer seems to be the case. Why was the no right turn taken away? The corner is an accident waiting to happen. When driving up Glendale Rd, following the natural curve of the road, you automatically end up in Oates Rd. If you want to continue on Glendale, you have to make a sharp left turn, and give way to traffic turning right from Oates.
Rachel Burriss, West Auckland.
Sorry Rachel, but you're wrong. There has been a right turn from Oates Rd into Glendale Rd for at least 20 years. In fact, the 163 bus does it every day.
On the Pakuranga Highway there are road signs that confuse me - "Buses only may go straight ahead in left lane". Does this mean "Only buses may go ... " or "Buses may only go ... "?
Paul Field, Mangere.
It means buses only, and no other vehicles.
